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Today's headline should read: "Romney flip-flops again, this time on FEMA, just days before the election!"

Romney tried to put on a show with canned goods - that the Red Cross has said it can't use - while refusing to answer pertinent questions for reporters about FEMA, leaving that to his surrogates. Romney is definitely damaging himself by ignoring the plight of millions of Americans who have suffered through Hurricane Sandy. The person who wants to run America can't be silent in the White House. Romney's shape-shifting on FEMA should be highlighted every day between now and November 6.

Reporters should also be pushing Romney to answer questions about his ad running in Ohio, that has been almost universally renounced as false, that claims Chrysler is shipping auto jobs to China, when in fact the automaker is increasing the number of jobs here. Romney is trying to scare people into voting for him on a variety of issues by creating spooky Halloween stories that just aren't true.

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